New Delhi: BJP and its allies may have a combined haul of 336 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha but President Pranab Mukherjee appears to have taken note of only the number of BJP MPs in appointing Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.

Ukraine's richest man Rinat Akhmetov has issued a strong call against pro-Russia separatists fighting government forces in the east, which he described as a "fight against the citizens of our region" that has devastated Ukraine's industrial heartland. "Is looting ...

Press materials are displayed on a table at the Justice Department in Washington on Monday, before Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s news conference. (Charles Dharapak/ AP). BEIJING – After Monday's explosive cybercrime charges by U.S officials ...

India's prime minister-elect Narendra Modi addresses the media following his meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. (Raveendran, AFP). Multimedia · User Galleries · News in Pictures Send us your pictures · Send ...

MOSCOW, May 20- At least five people were killed and 45 injured on Tuesday after parts of a freight train derailed and collided with a passenger train south of Moscow, officials said. Fifteen of the injured were in serious condition, the emergencies ministry ...

Pretoria: A South African judge on Tuesday ordered Oscar Pistorius to undergo up to 30 days of psychiatric tests to establish if he is "criminally responsible" for killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013. Thokozile Masipa said the Paralympian sprinter ...

A Ukrainian soldier stands guard next to an Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) as a flag of Ukraine floats in the background, on the road from Izyum to Slavyansk on May 20, 2014. Ukraine confirmed on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, that Russia had pulled its ...

Thailand's military declared nationwide martial law on Tuesday, sending the Thailand SET Index down 1.1%. The baht fell 0.2% to trade at 32.56 against the dollar. Thailand's democratic history is peppered with military coups. Since the end of absolute ...

SANAA: Eleven Yemeni soldiers and 14 Shia Huthi rebels were killed on Tuesday during clashes in a stronghold of the insurgents in the north of the country, medics said. Dozens of other combatants were wounded in the gunfight that erupted on the western ...

The US attorney general, Eric Holder, said the range of trade secrets and other information stolen demanded 'an aggressive response'. Photograph: Reuters. China's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday after the US indicted five ...

The US attorney general, Eric Holder, said the range of trade secrets and other information stolen demanded 'an aggressive response'. Photograph: Reuters. China's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday after the US indicted five ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Microsoft (MSFT) is hosting an event later today in New York related to the Surface tablet, and while there hasn't been much in the way of leaks and details, there's talk that the tech giant could launch another iPad competitor as it ...

Ivory Coast's Midfielder Yaya Toure is considering departing Premier League champions Manchester City this summer, the player's agent Dimitry Seluk revealed. Seluk hinted that Toure doesn't feel the appropriate appreciation from the English cup, ...

The South African Olympic and Paralympic track star, Oscar Pistorius, has been ordered to take 30 days of psychiatric tests over the death of his girlfriend. As an outpatient, he must undergo the exams to help determine if he was criminally responsible.

BANGKOK—At least 11 governments on Tuesday updated advisories for their citizens traveling to or living in Thailand after the Royal Thai Army declared martial law. The U.S. government asked its citizens to "stay alert, exercise caution and monitor media ...

ST. PETERSBURG, May 20 (RIA Novosti) – The possible introduction of Western sanctions against Russia if the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine is disrupted is ungrounded, as Russia has no relation to the vote, a senior Russian official said Tuesday ...

Mr. Modi touched his forehead on the steps of the parliament building as a sign of respect, Tuesday. Associated Press/Manish Swarup. NEW DELHI--Days after winning a landslide election victory, India's Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on his countrymen ...

Tripoli: A summary of the main political and armed groups in Libya, which has plunged into anarchy since the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed Muammar Gaddafi. General National Congress. The GNC or parliament, Libya's highest political authority, ...

Beijing summoned the US ambassador and accused Washington of double standards on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, as a diplomatic row escalated over the unprecedented indictment of five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

China loudly denied all state-sponsored hacking for trade secrets and is lashing out at the United States as a cybersecurity “hypocrite.” The U.S. has “deliberately fabricated the so-called facts to file indictment against five Chinese military officials,” China's ...